The headlines were gruesome: two beautiful women found strangled in the
studio of a well-known London artist. To investigator William Monk and
his wife Hester, the murders are a nightmare. One of the victims is an
obscure artist's model. The other is the wife of Hester's cherished
colleague, distinguished surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre
who swiftly becomes the principal suspect. With an intensity born of
desperation, Hester, Monk, and their dear friend Lady Callandra Daviot,
who cannot hide her deep love for the accused, seek evidence that will
save Kristian from the hangman - hoping to penetrate not only the
mystery of Elissa Beck's death... but the riddle of her life.